Newspaper Tidbit: Fire at Dairy Farm (1914)

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
22 January 1914

FIRE AT DAIRY FARM

Two Barns and Several Valuable Animals Destroyed by Flames

Fire discovered early this morning did considerable damage to the buildings and stock of the Sharon dairy, belonging to Corbin Thompson, at Woodbridge, Va. Two barns of the group of buildings were burned, a quantity of grain and hay destroyed, and several valuable cows and two horses were burned to death. Equipment in the form of machinery and implements also were damaged.

No idea of th origin of the blaze can be formed. Mr. Thompson himself discovered the flames about 3 a.m., and with his overseer tried to get it under control. This was found to be impossible and efforts were directed toward protecting the remaining buildings with the result that two valuable ones--the dairy house and the corn  house full of corn--were saved. Neighbors appeared in large numbers shortly after the discovery of the blaze, but, owing to the lack of fire-fighting facilities, nothing could be done to save the two barns that were ablaze. The loss has not yet been estimated.